When used properly, employee skill assessments are extremely beneficial to businesses. According to Aberdeen Group’s “Talent Assessment Strategies” published in March 2010, companies that use assessments are generally more successful.
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Selecting and Organizing People
The majority of organizations use teams of employees to complete objectives. The idea behind the team construction is that different people with different strengths, weaknesses and viewpoints are more likely to successfully complete a task. If multiple elements contribute to an organizations success, why use that method only with teams of employees?
You know that one [...]
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If you are a baseball fan, you undoubtedly watched the 2010 Home Run Derby. The televised event is one of the most popular of the season, and featured eight players from different teams. The competition came to a close when David Ortiz (aka The Big Papi) and Hanley Ramirez went head to head for the [...]
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Facebook stalking is not uncommon to the average social media user. Entire groups on the social networking site exist to highlight overindul
gent members’ activity. Miraculously, and because of people’s lack of stalker-awareness, information that was once only attainable through direct conversation is now learned with a few clicks of the mouse.
Relationship updates, honeymoon pictures and [...]
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Baseball, the American past time, has a way of turning men into legends. Thousands of fans watched Sunday as Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics pitched a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Braden is the 19th pitcher in major league history to hold a claim to pitching a perfect game. When asked about [...]
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Today we released the 2010 report of America’s Most Productive Companies, aka AMPC. You may be wondering why there is so much hype behind this study. Let me explain.
We grouped companies into 175 sub-industry groups to produce a more meaningful analysis. Our assumption is that companies competing in the same industry generally go about their [...]
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The way people within an organization think and act has a tremendous impact on the overall productivity of that organization.
Culture is defined as, the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization. Cultures worldwide shape societies and offer opportunities for different groups of people to find a common association. [...]
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A large emphasis was placed on the fact that over 65 percent of Wal-Mart’s hourly workers are women, where only 33 percent of the store’s managers were female.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made history this month, as they affirmed the largest class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart. The mega-retailer is [...]
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In these economic times, it can be difficult to retain superstars. Superstar employees are often valuable enough that they can afford to leave one organization for another. How do you keep superstars in your organization while maintaining morale and productivity?
Enlighten yourself with “How to Keep Your Star Performers in Trying Times,” by the Harvard Business [...]
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The entertainment industry produces an estimated 2,000 films per year. Of those films only around 600 are released into select theatres all over the globe, and of those 600 only a handful are captivating enough to leave a lasting impression on audiences and the academy. This year’s 82nd Academy Awards nominated a whopping 10 films [...]
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